Window shade bracket



Dec. 25, 1934. J. F. HAEFELE 1,985,567

WINDOW SHADE BRACKET Original Filed Sept. 12, 1952 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNE Y.

Patented Dec. 25, 1934 UNITED STATES WINDOW SHADE BRACKET John F. Haefele, Stratford, Conn.

Application September 12, 1932, Serial No. 632,854 Renewed August 13, 1934 1 Claim.

This invention relates to window shade brackets, and has for its object to provide an improved. device for supporting window shades on window casings, which does not require any fastening devices such as screws or the like, and which can be easily and quickly applied to or removed from the window casing.

A further feature is that the devices or brackets can be adjusted vertically in the window casing to provide a ventilating opening of the desired size at the top of the window and above the shade.

Other objects and features of the invention will appear from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view showing a shade supported by brackets construct ed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a transverse section through the bracket taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3, showing a modified form of the invention; and

Figure 6 is a horizontal section on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring in detail to the drawing, each bracket comprises a pair of elongated coacting members 5 and 6, each preferably formed of a single strip of flat metal, the member 5 being pivoted as at 7 to the member 6 so that said members extend in diverging relation from the pivot, the member 5 having a laterally directed flange 8 at its other free end, and the member 6 being provided at its end farthest from the pivot 7 with a laterally directed flange 9 and intermediate its ends adjacent the pivot 7 with a laterally directed flange 10. The flanges 8, 9 and 10 have serrated outer side edges, and the member 6 has a part 11 near the pivot 7 formed with an opening 12 to receive a pintle of the shade roller. The corresponding free ends of the members 5 and 6 are connected by a helical tension spring 13 which tends to swing said ends of the members 5 and 6 toward each other, which action is attended by a bodily tilting of the member 6 about a theoretical axis intermediate the flanges 9 and 10.

The brackets are applied to the window casing by fitting the same between the parting strip 14 and molding or finishing strip 15, between which is formed the runway 16 for the lower sash of the window. When so arranged, by swinging the members 5 and 6 away from each other against the action of spring 13, the member 6 is disposed obliquely of the runway 16 in one direction and the member 5 is disposed obliquely thereof in the opposite direction. Upon releasing the members 5 and 6, the free ends thereof provided with the flanges 8 and 9 are yieldingly swung toward each other by the spring 13 so as to bodily tilt the member 6 about a theoretical pivot intermediate the flanges 9 and 10, whereby said flanges 9 and 16 are caused to bear against and positively engage the opposite walls of the runway 16, the flange 8 of member 5 being simultaneously caused to bear against and positively engage the inner wall of runway 16, whereby the bracket is effectively held in the desired position on the window frame.

The brackets may be readily slid up or down to any desired position when released by spreading the members 5 and 6 relative to each other against the action of spring 13. Ordinarily, the brackets will be placed at the top of the runway 16 of the lower sash, but they may be lowered as shown in Figure 1 to provide a ventilating opening at the top of the window above the shade when the upper sash is lowered.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the member 6 has the part 11 projecting inwardly beyond the pivot '7 to support the shade roller inwardly of the runway 16 and the sash movable therein. In the form of the invention shown in Figures 5 and 6, however, the member 11 is provided between the ends of the member 6 and on a plane intermediate the flanges 9 and 10 so as to support the shade roller in the plane of the runway 16 and of the lower sash movable therein. The latter arrangement is especially suitable for installation of shades and screens adapted to be adjusted to correspond with the adjustment of the sash movable in the runway 16.

It will be seen that the construction illustrated and. described permits the brackets to be readily placed or removed, without the use of screws or other fastening devices, and without marring the wood-work in any objectionable way.

What I claim as new is:

A bracket for window shades or the like comprising a pair of coacting elongated members adapted to be engaged between the parting and finishing strips of a window casing or the like, one of said members having a part provided with an opening to receive the pintle of a shade roller and provided intermediate its ends and at one end respectively with laterally directed side and end flanges arranged to bear respectively at their members and acting to urge said ends toward each other and to bodily tilt said first-named member about a theoretical axis intermediate its flanges to cause the flanges of said members to bear against and positively engage the opposed 5 walls of said strips.

JOHN F. HAEFELE. 

